self defense - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Woman convicted of lover’s murder loses appeal https://bahamascourtnews.com/woman-convicted-of-lovers-murder-loses-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-convicted-of-lovers-murder-loses-appeal Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:59:59 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6194 A woman convicted of fatally stabbing her lesbian lover has lost her appeal. Nadisha Beckford is serving 42 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of murdering Lakeisha Mackey in February 2021. Beckford unsuccessfully argued that the judge erred by admitting an audio recording in which she justified the stabbing and that her […]

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]]> Woman convicted of murder of girlfriend https://bahamascourtnews.com/woman-convicted-of-murder-of-girlfriend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-convicted-of-murder-of-girlfriend Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:52:35 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5374 NASSAU- A Jamaican woman faces up to 60 years in prison after a jury rejected her claim that she killed her girlfriend in self-defense. Nadisha Beckford, 34, was on Wednesday unanimously convicted of the murder of 31-year-old Lakeisha Mackey. Beckford, who is in the country on a spousal permit, returns to court in September for […]

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]]> New trial for man who killed gay banker https://bahamascourtnews.com/new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:49:25 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/new-trial-for-man-who-killed-gay-banker/ NASSAU-The man who fatally stabbed banker DeVince Smith at his home will face a second trial four years after his conviction. Tried for murder, Lamar Albury was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter in 2017. He received a 20-year sentence. But the Court of Appeal questioned the safety of the jury’s verdict after the […]

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]]> Court finds negligence in officer’s shooting https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-finds-negligence-in-officers-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-finds-negligence-in-officers-shooting Sat, 01 Feb 2020 17:03:02 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=522 NASSAU-The government is responsible for a a 2011 “ friendly fire” shooting of a police officer, a judge has found. On August 16, Corporal Darren Rutherford was shot in the shoulder by Constable Daniel Ford while executing a search warrant on a home at McCullough Corner East allegedly occupied by a robbery suspect armed with […]

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